Lying Won't Stretch Your Nose...

Read the following sentence from the article.

Vendemia’s research has also shown that someone’s mental workload will be heavier and their reaction time longer when lying.

How does this detail develop the article’s central idea?

• It suggests that telling different types of lies can affect the brain in different ways.

• It emphasizes that lying can have an impact on people’s ability to do certain tasks.

• It explains the main reason why people should avoid telling lies in their daily life.

• It introduces the idea that lying can have a negative impact on brain activity.

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Which sentence from the article would be MOST important to include in a summary of the article?

• Still others lie to take advantage of people — perhaps even to cheat them or to steal from them.

• Working memory keeps something in mind just for a little while — such as remembering instructions for how to play a game or some other specific task.

• When the prefrontal cortex is busy with tasks related to lying, she notes, it now has a harder time doing other tasks that require planning, self-control or working memory.

• When you give insincere compliments, for example, you may make your friends feel good — at first, anyway.

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Which claim is MOST supported by evidence in the article?

• Many people mostly avoid lying because they value honesty.

• People who lie a lot tell lies because they are insecure.

• People sometimes lie to benefit others even if it puts themselves at risk.

• Parents who give insincere praise to their children are seen as dishonest.

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In the section “Get Used To It” the author claims that lying becomes easier the more people do it.

How does the author support this claim?

• by highlighting the author’s own personal experiences with lying

• by introducing the idea that lying can decrease a person’s brainpower

• by suggesting that lying is easier when a person takes beta blockers

• by describing what researchers discovered during a study on lying

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According to the psychologist (Levine) in this text, while most people don't lie very much a few people lie a lot.

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Pro-social lies are intended to make people feel good.

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This article would not say that it is easier to tell the truth than to tell a lie.

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• FALSE

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Telling lies takes extra work.

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This article was an interesting read.

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